CAMHS Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Bromley; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Psychologist for the Bromley CAMHS Adolescent Team. Responsibilities include providing specialized psychological assessments and interventions, consulting with colleagues, and supervising junior staff. The role requires a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and HCPC registration, with a commitment to fair recruitment and staff wellbeing.

Benefits

Generous pay and leave package

Agile/remote and flexible working arrangements

Access to internal training courses

Cycle-to-work and lease car scheme

Wellbeing services access

Qualifications

• Experience in CAMHS for 2+ years.
• Consultation experience with other professionals.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical psychology service to Bromley CAMHS Adolescent Team.
• Offer supervision to junior staff and provide care coordination.

Skills

Risk assessment

Psychological assessment and management

Education

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

HCPC registration

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Detailed Job Description is attached. Main responsibilities include:

• Providing a clinical psychology service to clients of the Bromley CAMHS Adolescent Team, providing highly specialist psychological assessment and intervention.
• Offering advice and consultation on clients' psychological care to non-psychologist colleagues and to other, non professional carers and providing supervision to clinical psychologists/psychological therapists and trainees.
• Providing initial assessment and care coordination for a defined number of young people whose care is provided by the Adolescent Team.
• Offering supervision to more junior staff.
• Working autonomously within professional guidelines, consistent with CYP-IAPT principles and within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to overall service delivery as required.
• Utilising research skills to lead on audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service.

Oxleas is committed to making changes that have a positive impact for all staff but particularly BAME staff, disabled staff, and LGBT+ staff. Building a Fairer Oxleas for all (BAFO) is a programme of work involving frontline staff, senior managers, and Board members in making positive changes to how it feels to work for the Trust. It has focussed on making recruitment and career progression fairer and improving cultural understanding. It has developed resources and there are several staff networks; BAMEx; LGBTQ+; Disability; Mental Health Staff; Woman's Network's.

The Trust is dedicated to ensuring that staff feel valued and offer benefits including:

• Generous pay (outer-London weighting), pensions scheme (life assurance) and leave package
• Agile/remote and flexible working arrangements, including part-time working, job sharing, hot-desking and/or working at designated hubs
• Access to internal training courses (such as Quality Improvement and healthcare leadership)

Benefits include a cycle-to-work and lease car scheme, electric vehicle charging points, funding for school holiday childcare. Staff are able to access wellbeing services (e.g. counselling, advice and guidance) & vibrant staff networks including BAME, LGBTQIA+ & lived experience.

We are constantly looking at ways to improve & innovate our CAMHS services & have committed to providing all staff with dedicated time to participate and/or lead in service development initiatives through the Trust Quality Improvement (Qi) framework.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• HCPC registration
• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Other relevant qualification (eg MSc, Post Grad diploma)
• Training in specialist therapy relevant to post
• Training in supervision (beyond basic induction training)

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working as a clinical psychologist in CAMHS in the NHS for 2 years or more.
• Experience of consulting to other professionals and agencies

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working as an 8a
• Experience of supervising
• Experience of delivering teaching/training
• Experience of clinical leadership of an aspect of a service

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria

• Appropriate skills and knowledge of risk assessment/management in the client group
• Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrates knowledge of how to apply research and audit specific to the post
• Demonstrates knowledge of wider policy context relevant to post
• Possesses transferable skills from other posts (not already scored) which are relevant to the post
• Demonstrates awareness of power and diversity issues
• Description of knowledge and skills has been made specific to the post advertised

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process. We also discourage overuse of AI during the application process because this can negatively impact the quality of your application and may hinder your chances of being shortlisted. Thank you.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 320.4KB)
• Important Additional Information For Candidates (please read carefully) (PDF, 160.6KB)
• Privacy Notice for Staff (PDF, 268.6KB)
• Staff Benefits (PDF, 2.5MB)